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Claims for the almost $14 billion settlement from DuPont and 3M are due Friday. Water departments can use the money to address and prevent PFAS contamination
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Advances in public health around the world are grounded in four areas: fluoridation, immunization, water purification and pasteurization. In the 1930s, the U.S. Public Health Service determined tooth decay “an urgent public health problem.” As part of NPR’s series on historical markers, Off the Mark, WGVU revisits Grand Rapids’ fluoride story with two dentists who lived it.
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The money comes from the state’s Great Lakes Water Quality Protection Bond. It was created over 20 years ago by a voter-approved ballot initiative
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A boil water advisory was lifted Wednesday around noon for the city of Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Township
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If you are in the area east of U-S 131 and North of Hall Street, City of Grand Rapids officials say you should not drink your tap water without boiling it first
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, or EGLE, announced over $95 million in MI Clean Water grants to help upgrade water infrastructure in many Michigan communities
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The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team, or MPART, held a community meeting on Tuesday about their investigation into PFAS levels near the former Lowell City Landfill
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Plainfield Charter Township has reached an agreement with Wolverine World Wide securing funding for its PFAS cleanup. The $69.5 million dollar settlement now extends it over the next 4 years
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The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team, or MPART, will be holding a public meeting about their investigation into PFAS levels near the closed Lowell City Landfill
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Bills to create a new water affordability program received a hearing Thursday before a Michigan House committee